I've written a ton of letters to Presidents, Congressman etc and have
found that being brief and to the point is most important. They don't
have time to read 5 pages of justification, how you feel about... They
want to know what you want, period. They generally don't read their own
email, they usually have a clerk read them and give them summaries on
what they are receiving as concerns. You count as one vote. Have your
wife do the same thing and you count as two!
Example:
_____________________
Dear Congressman:
I am very concerned about limitations being put on my rights to legally
own and maintain Military vehicles. As my representative, I want you to
do the following:
1. Fight to remove import restrictions on military vehicles.
These are
demilitarized vehicles that pose no threat to the community.
2. Fight to disband the BATF, they are a bunch of ........
Sincerely,
Patriotic Citizen
123 Military Blvd.
Anywhere, USA zip
________________________
Make sure you give your address, as that gives you credibility.
That's it. That's all that you need to do to tell them what you want.
Get the email address off the web site just posted, and do some cutting
and pasting and you can get out 10 emails to your US and state
congressman in no time.
Don't wait for an official form letter to do something! And don't wait
for the MVPA to hire some lobbyist to do the job for you.
Dave
M51
On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 03:30:43 -0600 Carl Konefsky <cameraman@niia.net>
writes:
>You are correct and this is what I said in the begining of this thing
>a form
>letter legally and politically correct that we all use and proper
>lobbeying by
>theMVPA and its chapters will do more good then anything I can think
>of.I also
>think the proper people in the media cant hurt eather if done right.
>Carl
>
>DBaumanjr@aol.com wrote:
>
>> I think you are SO right on all points! I thank you for the
>information. I
>> only hope I'm capable of putting it to good use. I, for one would
>like to see
>> someone write up a legally proper & politically correct form letter.
>One that
>> clearly states all of our concerns without offending the official
>it's sent
>> to. I would be afraid of doing more harm than good by writing my own
>letter &
>> being misunderstood. I have faith in the MVPA to do the right thing.
>But I
>> feel that the membership needs to be involved also.Lobbying will
>probably
>> work, but a bunch of good letters can't hurt can it? This is where
>the form
>> letter would come in handy. I'm sure the elected officials use them,
>why
>> couldn't we?
>> Darryl
>>
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